Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-264) and index.
Contents:
Framing the issue : rethinking children's rights ; Hidden aspects of children's rights history ; Children's rights contextualized / Manfred Liebel -- Schools of thought in children's rights / Karl Hanson -- Localizing the human rights of children / Wouter Vandenhole -- Discriminated against being children : a blind spot in the human rights arena / Manfred Liebel -- Children's rights and the responsibilities of states : thoughts on understanding children's rights as subjective rights / Manfred Liebel and Iven Saadi -- Grassroots children's rights / Manfred Liebel -- Children's rights as 'work in progress' : the conceptual and practical contributions of working children's movements / Iven Saadi -- Cultural variations in constructions of children's participation / Manfred Liebel and Iven Saadi -- Children's citizenship : observed and experiences ; The role of children in shaping new contexts of children's rights ; The role of adults in supporting children's rights from below / Manfred Liebel.
Summary:
This book presents an integral, cross-cultural reflection on the social reality of children's rights and citizenship, giving an insight into new perspectives on the history and different concepts of children's rights in a contextualized and localized manner. This book presents an integral, cross-cultural reflection on the social reality of children's rights and citizenship and contributes to establishing for the first time a social theory of children's rights. Based on internationally discussed theories and worldwide social research on the conceptualization and implementation of children's rights, this book gives an insight into new perspectives on the history and different concepts of children's rights in a contextualized and localized manner. Furthermore, it explains how children's rights can be understood as relevant and attractive by children themselves living in different social and cultural contexts.
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